Collar.



S. HARRIS (NOW BY MARRIAGE S. ROSENTOVBR). COLLAR. APPLICATION FILEDMAR, 19, 1910;

1,039,680, Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, n. :4

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH HARRIS, (NOW BY MARRIAGE SARAH ROSENTOVER,) OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

Original application filed January 28, 1909, Serial No. 475,035.Divided. and. this application filed March 19, 1910. Seriai No. 550,402.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, SARAH, I-IARRIS, (now by marriage SARAH ROSENTOVER,)a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Collar, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to collars and has reference more particularly toa collar com prising a band and an attached turn over top, the bandbeing provided with an underlapping extension at one end, and a buttonshank receiving hole open to the lower edge of the band through apassage having closely contiguous vertical sides.

The object of the invention is to provide a collar which is simple inconstruction and inexpensive to manufacture, which can be buttoned andunbuttoned without difficulty, and with greater ease than is possiblewith the present form of collar generally used, and which, whenbuttoned, will remain securely in position and tends to resistdistortion or the separation of the ends of the collar.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, tobe more fully described hereinafter, and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification. in which the figure is a perspective view showingthe ends of a collar constituting an embodiment of my invention.

Before proceeding to a more detailed explanation of my invention itshould be noted that the present application forms a division of theparent application filed January 29, 1909, under the Serial Number475,035. In my earlier application I disclosed different forms ofcollars having button shank receiving holes formed in the butt-oningtabs or band extensions thereof, provided with slits extended to theedges of the buttoning tabs or bands. These forms included one in whichthe slit was extended at substantially right angles to the length of thebutton shank receiving hole, to the lower edge of the tab or band, sothat the slit itself was approximately vertical. The present applicationcovers this last mentioned modified form of my invention. The collar isbuttoned and unbuttoned as described in my earlier application, and thedifferences between the present device and those shown in the earlierapplication are structural only, the function remaining the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings I have shown a collar inwhich the collar band 10 terminates in the usual end extensions, tabs orflaps 11. There is provided with the collar a top 12, folded withrespect to the band, the extensions or flaps 11 constitutingrespectively the underlying and overlying parts. While I have shown themboth provided with the special form of button shank receiving hole andentrance slit which constitute a part of my invention, one only may beso provided, if desired, the other band extension or flap in that case,having any ordinary or preferred form of button hole.

The band extensions 11 have butt-on shank receiving holes 13 thereinwhich may, as shown, he elongated horizontally or longitudinally of thecollar, and extending vertically or normal to the lower edge of the bandis a slit let having closely contiguous edges, said slit being open atits upper end to the button shank receiving opening and at its lower endextends through the edge of the band, whereby a passage is formedthrough which the button shank may be passed into its opening 13. Thewalls of the slit being closely contiguous, they must be sprung apart bythe passage of the shank, and therefore the button will be retained withgreater security. The corners at the end of the slit are cut away orsomewhat rounded to facilitate the entry of the button shank as will bereadily understood.

The position of the entrance slit with relation to the end of the turnover top will of course depend upon the style of the collar. In thedrawing, the entrance slit is at approximately the end edge of the top,but it will be understood that in the claims reference to the edge ofthe band includes the band and its end extension or extensions.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a collar, a band, an attached turnover top, the band provided withan underlapping extension at one end and a button shank receiving holewith a substantially straight vertical passage having closely contiguoussides and extending from the hole through the lower edge of the band.

2. In a collar, a band an attached turnover top, the band provided witha flap extension at one end adapted to underlap the top at the other endof the band and to be held down thereby, said extension having a buttonshank receiving hole therein, with a vertical passage having closelycontiguous sides and extending from the hole through the lower edge 01":the hand, the corners at the entrance to said passage being cut away. Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SARAH HARRIS. Witnesses:

MAXWELLS HARRIS, HERMAN HARRIS.

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